Wednesday January 18, 2012, 4:02 pm
Congress & Government needs to be ethical in all their actions for the benefit of the people, not to remove something that is threatening to themselves. Our Freedom & Rights are wiped away One by One & who benefits. Certainly NONE of the citizens. They are not the ones in using the internet so why would they need to control it! TOTAL INSANITY & we all need to fight the INSANITY upon us! I & all of you needs to say ENOUGH of this $hit! Thanks Androniki.

Wednesday January 18, 2012, 5:44 pm
I agree that they need to fight piracy, but they have a thin line that this bill crosses in infringing on our rights and the rights of internet businesses. What they need to do is rework this legislation and address the concerns of everyone without infringing on anyone's rights.

Wednesday January 18, 2012, 5:59 pm
The SOPA/PIPA Internet censorship bills are awful, and the widespread protest blackouts today are justified.
Here are three other things you need to know about and spread to other Americans ASAP:

1. Backscatter x-ray vans, which allow for "drive-by" snooping of the contents of your vehicle (and even your home and your person) are already in use by the United States government. Via Forbes: "Privacy-conscious travelers may cringe to think of the full-body scanners finding their way into dozens of airport checkpoints around the country. Most likely aren't aware that the same technology, capable of seeing through walls and clothes, has also been rolling out on U.S. streets." Makes you feel all warm inside, doesn't it?

2. Guantanamo Bay, one of the creepiest things our government has running (even a decade after 9/11!), currently holds prisoners as young as 13 years old. The U.S. currently has 21 children imprisoned at Guantanamo. More than 200 FBI agents have reported abusive treatment of prisoners there. 8 prisoners have died while in custody. While the Bush administration released 532 of the poor souls detained there, the Obama administration has only released 68 so far. All of these statistics are courtesy of the ACLU's January 9th, 2012 infographic on Guantanamo, published here. Some of the other numbers there are even more disturbing.

3. President Obama really did sign the NDAA into law on New Year's Eve, while most of us were distracted with celebrations and (too much) champagne. It really does contain an indefinite detention provision, which according to law professor Jonathan Turley in The Guardian (and nearly everyone else!), allows the government to detain its own citizens without trial, and without charge.

Thursday January 19, 2012, 12:51 am
It's the Internet where we can learn about the lies of corporations. On TV, we have only one minimal piece of information. It's scary to think that all forums will disappear because someone quoted someones words, or paste the scanned image. Also interesting and worth to reading is ACTA issue, which is equally dangerous
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement
Do corporations have to decide of ways to spend our money, what we must watch or listen?

Thursday January 19, 2012, 6:35 am
Justice Party presidential candidate Rocky Anderson wrote: “Great to see what websites like Google, Wikipedia, and Reddit are doing in response to SOPA (and PIPA). I am vehemently opposed to both acts. One of the essential elements of my campaign is the democratized means of communication that is helping to bring down dictators — and allowing us all opportunities through user-generated cyberspace the means to create, innovate, and yield a greater voice with expanded freedoms. I have often said that, in this campaign, social media will help us topple the dictatorship of corrupt money in our government.
ROCKY ANDERSON ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

Thursday January 19, 2012, 3:30 pm
SOPA, PIPA, OPEN, and DMCA should be repealed if applicable, shredded beyond recovery to stymie further consideration, and disposed of by incineration. They are four of the most unconstitutional bills ever written. Chris 'Dodo' Dodd has been a crook since the 1970s, if not longer. He should be prosecuted and either exiled or jailed. The MPAA and RIAA should be prosecuted for sins ranging from Payola through embezzlement, and the RIAA should be dissolved while the MPAA should be denied all access to copyrights and restricted to production. This should be implemented ASAP!

Friday January 20, 2012, 7:27 am
What the supporters of this bill and those that wrote them don't realize is that this bill effects the WORLD. Does the U.S. have the right to be a police state for the World Internet?

Friday January 20, 2012, 1:30 pm
Most of the bill's supporters are expected; the major TV networks' tendency towards Communism is noted. A few of the list members were a surprise. I hope they get boycotted and lose profits over SOPA/PIPA, the bill should be shredded and incinerated.